The Amelia Project: Amelia Earhart Reenactment website. The Amelia Project: FAQ.Will Amelia be piloting the Pilatus PC-12 NG 100% of the time? Yes, Amelia will fly in the left seat of the Pilatus PC-12 NG. Shane Jordan will fly right seat with Amelia, acting as co-pilot and co-adventurer. The live streaming component of the flight, the additional fuel tank on board the plane and the nature of the trip lend to two pilots being better than one. Amelia’s main goal in this trip is to safely and successfully fly around the world. Additionally, Shane and Amelia are great friends, which ensures a lot of fun along the way.
I haven't been following this, either. If I am reading the countdown timer on the website correctly, she is to take off 1 day, 22 hours, 21 minutes from now. That would be
Thursday, June 26, at 10 AM EDT, I believe. (I don't trust my powers of addition and subtraction when it comes to times and dates, so please feel free to do the math yourself and post your results here; all are eligible for this contest because the prize has no cash value whatsoever. You will feel like a winner. "Virtue is its own reward!")
Her first leg is to England, it seems, if I understand the
Live Tracker on the first page of the website. If so, the "reenactment" is in principle, not in the flight plan.